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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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